John F Kennedy

meet the great blasphemer of contemporary art

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Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan poses next to his artwork “Untitled” (2001) – Chesnot/Getty Images When Maurizio Cattelan was invited to participate in the Vatican pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale this year, he says, he was “the first to be surprised.” At 63, the Italian still has a reputation as the great blasphemer of contemporary … Read more

NASA was America’s crown jewel. After the Columbia disaster, things were never the same again

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Editor’s note: Douglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in the Humanities and professor of history at Rice University. He is the author of “American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race.” The CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight” reveals the events that ultimately led to disaster. The four-part … Read more

NASA was America’s crown jewel. After the Columbia disaster, things were never the same again

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Editor’s Note: Douglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in the Humanities and professor of history at Rice University. He is the author of “American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race.” The CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight” reveals the events that ultimately led to disaster. The four-part … Read more

The man who almost became NASA’s first black astronaut in the 1960s explains why he never made it to space

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Ed Dwight in the cockpit of an F-104 circa 1960s.Bettmann Archive/Getty Images “The Space Race” is a new documentary about some of the first black astronauts. NASA trained Ed Dwight and Robert Lawrence as astronauts in the 1960s. But NASA didn’t send an African-American astronaut into space until 1983. On August 30, 1983, NASA sent … Read more

How the Beatles Conquered New York – 60 Years Later

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American citizens in the throes of Beatlemania gathered outside the Plaza Hotel in 1964 to catch a glimpse of the visiting Liverpuddlians – Popperfoto If you had stood in the southeast corner of Central Park 60 years ago today, the setting would have looked — for the most part — much the same as it … Read more

Rocket launched into space carrying remains of 330 people, including George Washington

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X user @xFuHxQx Claim: In January 2024, a rocket was launched into space carrying the remains or DNA samples of 330 people, including George Washington, John F. Kennedy and members of the cast of “Star Trek.” Judgement: Rating: true Context: On January 8, 2024, a rocket was launched as part of Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One … Read more